The losing streak continues
Oh dear oh dear! Another game of 40k, another defeat. This time it was my Black Templars vs Orks.
I conceded end of round 2.
Whilst it was a humiliating defeat1, I again can see areas to improve.
Do not charge into Orks during their Waaagh!
Yep, that was silly. I wanted to chop up some Orks and get the centre objective, but instead I just gave the Orks another round of combat with Waaaagh energy activated. That included the Warboss and all his extra attacks! I need to think smarter with timing around the Waaagh turn…
Don’t be timid with the best units
Two big hitters in my army were the Redemptor Dreadnought, and a squad of Sword Brethren lead by a Marshal. The Sword Bros didn’t leave their objective as they were busy doing actions, and the Redemptor skirted around the side, to have one terrible turn of shooting, and to krump three orks in melee… He didn’t even get shot at! Without a doubt, I need to be more aggressive with these units.
Painboys are dicks
There, I said it. I dislike them strongly. The ‘Urty syringe sucks balls (D6 mortal wounds on a 4+? Get in the bin), 5+ FNP is annoying, especially when paired with the Waaagh’s invun save, and the d3 orks back is a nuisance. What a guy!
The new Ork codex will probably be out by the time we next play, which should be interesting to see. Hopefully the Space Marines and Templars are not too long after.
Quack
Actually the scores were quite close at the time, but I had three units left, and it was about to be his go again, so it was not looking good.↩